RE: font policy changes

2008-07-13 Thread unifoundry
> Original Message > Subject: Re: font policy changes > From: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, July 13, 2008 10:13 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, > "Anthony Fok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Re: font policy changes

2008-07-13 Thread Russ Allbery
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 3) Even if "mkfontdir" were invoked directly or if it's okay to give > "update-fonts-dir" an absolute path (in which case its man page needs to > be updated and the warning removed), isn't it also advisable to run > "xset fp rehash" in postinst and postrm scripts? That

Re: Error when intend update libnet0-dev to libnet1-dev (nemesis package)

2008-07-13 Thread William Vera
Hi 2008/7/11 Cyril Brulebois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > William Vera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (11/07/2008): >> checking for libnet_build_ip in -lnet... no >> >>ERROR! Libnet library not found, go get it from >>http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/libnet/ >>or use the --with-libnet-* options,

font policy changes

2008-07-13 Thread unifoundry
I am wrapping up the Debian packages (font + sources + binary utilities package) for the GNU Unifont. I believe that some things in the Debian Policy Manual version 3.8.0.1, 2008-06-05, concerning fonts are outdated. Comments and suggestions are welcome. I'm running the stable Etch 4.0r3 release

Re: RFS: libdgtnix

2008-07-13 Thread Ben Finney
"W. van den Akker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > libdgtnix-1-9 - Libraries for using DGT chess board > libdgtnix-dev - Development libraries dgtnix POSIX driver DGT chess board The package synopsis should be treated as a clause within a sentence, and should not be capitalised like the beginning o

Re: RFS: dgtdrv

2008-07-13 Thread Ben Finney
"W. van den Akker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > dgtdrv - Posix driver for the DGT chess board POSIX is usually treated as an initialism, so should be spelled in all-capitals. A better synopsis would be: POSIX driver for the DGT chess board Could you please send another RFS with the ful

RFS: libdgtnix

2008-07-13 Thread W. van den Akker
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libdgtnix". * Package name: libdgtnix Version : 1-9-1 Upstream Author : Pierre Boulenguez * URL : http://dgtnix.sourceforge.net * License : GPL v2 Section : libs It builds these binary packages

RFS: dgtdrv

2008-07-13 Thread W. van den Akker
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dgtdrv". * Package name: dgtdrv Version : 1.18-1 Upstream Author : Alexander Wagner * URL : http://dgtdrv.sourceforge.net * License : GPL v2 Section : games It builds these binary packages: dgt

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RFC/RFS: enet

2008-07-13 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, I updated the enet library to the latest upstream release (1.2). As this is my first work on a library package, I would be glad for some comments. Upstream added new members in the middle of structs that are part of the public API, so the new release breaks binary compatibility. I did bump

RFS: protobuf

2008-07-13 Thread Iustin Pop
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my new package "protobuf". * Package name: protobuf Version : 2.0.0~b-1 Upstream Author : Google Inc. * URL : http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/ * License : Apache-2 Section : devel It builds these binary

Re: Package extraction process (dpkg-source, format 1.0 and 3.0 (quilt))

2008-07-13 Thread George Danchev
On Sunday 13 July 2008 18:30:34 Benjamin Mesing wrote: > > > * In the same section there is a note: > > > "Note: dpkg-source expects the source tree to have all patches > > > applied when you generate the source package. This is not the > > > case when the source tre

Re: Package extraction process (dpkg-source, format 1.0 and 3.0 (quilt))

2008-07-13 Thread Benjamin Mesing
> > * In the same section there is a note: > > "Note: dpkg-source expects the source tree to have all patches > > applied when you generate the source package. This is not the > > case when the source tree has been obtained by unpacking a > > source package

RFS: html2text (updated package)

2008-07-13 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.3.2a-4 of my package "html2text". It builds these binary packages: html2text - advanced HTML to text converter The package is "lintian -ivI" clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 255

Re: I adopted a package but nobody seems to want to upload it

2008-07-13 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
El Friday 11 July 2008 22:03:04 Vincent Bernat escribió: > OoO Vers la fin de l'après-midi du vendredi 11 juillet 2008, vers 16:21, > Noel David Torres Taño <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > > > I've adopted wmaker-data which was Orphaned, and adapted it to actual > > Policy. It's in mentors.debian

Re: I adopted a package but nobody seems to want to upload it

2008-07-13 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
El Friday 11 July 2008 21:57:13 Serafeim Zanikolas escribió: > Hi Noel, > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 04:21:03PM +0200, Noel David Torres Taño wrote: > > Hello all: > > > > I've adopted wmaker-data which was Orphaned, and adapted it to actual > > Policy. It's in mentors.debian.net but it seems that

Re: Package extraction process (dpkg-source, format 1.0 and 3.0 (quilt))

2008-07-13 Thread Ben Finney
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now, you have two kinds of diff.gz - hooligan ones which directly > modify upstream files when applied as one fat, monolitic and > illogical changeset, and such that create logically separated diffs > in debian/patches/ which are then applied build time

Re: Package extraction process (dpkg-source, format 1.0 and 3.0 (quilt))

2008-07-13 Thread George Danchev
On Sunday 13 July 2008 13:10:24 Benjamin Mesing wrote: > Hello, Hello, > I am trying to understand the new dpkg-source format 3.0 (quilt). > There are two points in the documentation (man-page) I do not > understand: > * In the section "Building" of the description of 3.0 (quilt) it >

Package extraction process (dpkg-source, format 1.0 and 3.0 (quilt))

2008-07-13 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello, I am trying to understand the new dpkg-source format 3.0 (quilt). There are two points in the documentation (man-page) I do not understand: * In the section "Building" of the description of 3.0 (quilt) it is stated: "The updated debian directory and the list of